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Business
Math
The math behind every smart business decision: percentages, interest, budgeting, and financial ratios explained clearly and applied directly.
What You'll Learn
A full semester of business math — completed at your own pace, with no deadlines or fixed class times.
What You'll Be Able to Do
- Master fundamental mathematical concepts, such as percentages, fractions, decimals, and basic operations, and apply these to real-world business problems, including discount, interest, and tax calculations
- Analyze and interpret business data using measures of central tendency and dispersion, and solve algebraic problems, including linear and quadratic equations, for business applications
- Apply advanced financial concepts like annuities, present and future values, and financial ratios for sound financial decision-making
- Utilize statistical methods in business, mastering standard deviation, average identification, and normal distribution analysis
- Conduct analysis of various investment vehicles, applying mathematical skills to business scenarios such as property tax computation and currency conversion
Major Course Topics
Course chapters and lessons
Business Math has 12 chapters across 47.5 instructional hours, as listed in the course syllabus. Expand any chapter to see the lessons inside it.
- Chapters
- 12
- Lessons
- 78
- Instructional hours
- 47.5 hrs
- Semester hours
- 3
Chapter 1
Percent, Fractions & Decimal Essentials
- 1.1 Breaking Down Percentages: Meaning & Real-Life Examples
- 1.2 Putting Percents to Work: Solving Everyday Problems
- 1.3 Ranking & Comparing Fractions with Confidence
- 1.4 Working Through Problems with Fractions & Mixed Numbers
- 1.5 Ordering & Comparing Decimal Values
- 1.6 Applying Decimals to Solve Real-World Problems
Chapter 2
Conversions, Operations & Data Visuals
- 2.1 Switching Between Decimals and Percents
- 2.2 Turning Decimals into Fractions and Back Again
- 2.3 Mastering Conversions Across Percentages, Fractions & Decimals
- 2.4 Everyday Unit Conversions Made Simple
- 2.5 Following the Rules: Order of Operations Explained
- 2.6 Reading Data Through Bar Graphs and Pie Charts
- 2.7 Making Sense of Charts, Graphs & Visual Data
Chapter 3
Linear Thinking: Equations & Inequalities in Action
- 3.1 What Makes an Equation Linear? A Beginner's Guide
- 3.2 Building Linear Equations from Scratch
- 3.3 Plotting Lines: Intercepts, Standard Form & Graphing
- 3.4 Understanding Inequalities and What They Represent
- 3.5 Cracking Simultaneous Linear Equations
- 3.6 Reading Between the Lines: Extrapolation & Interpolation
Chapter 4
Graphing Functions, Slopes & Inequalities
- 4.1 Using the Point-Slope Formula to Graph Lines
- 4.2 Graphing Every Slope: Zero, Undefined & Beyond
- 4.3 Visualizing Inequalities: One & Two Variables on a Graph
- 4.4 Sharpening Skills: Graphing Inequalities in Practice
- 4.5 Measuring the Gap: Applying the Distance Formula
- 4.6 Finding the Middle: Using the Midpoint Formula
- 4.7 Getting Started with Graphing Core Functions
- 4.8 Layering Functions: Introduction to Composition
- 4.9 Visualizing Composed Functions on a Graph
- 4.10 Spotting Breaks: Discontinuities in Functions & Graphs
- 4.11 Mapping Functions: Understanding Domain and Range
Chapter 5
Quadratic Equations: Solving, Graphing & Applying
- 5.1 Factoring Quadratics: Starting with Standard Form
- 5.2 Factoring Quadratics: Tackling Advanced Cases
- 5.3 Reversing FOIL: A Strategy for Factoring Quadratics
- 5.4 Solving Quadratics with the Quadratic Formula
- 5.5 Factoring with a Twist: Non-1 Leading Coefficients
- 5.6 Solving Quadratics Outside the Standard Form
- 5.7 Completing the Square: Concept & Method
- 5.8 Completing the Square: Guided Practice Problems
- 5.9 Graphing Parabolas: Vertex, Intercepts & Key Features
- 5.10 Identifying & Calculating Averages in Quadratic Contexts
Chapter 6
Business Statistics & Probability Fundamentals
- 6.1 Central Tendency Unpacked: Mean, Median, Mode & Range
- 6.2 Measuring Spread: Standard Deviation & the Normal Curve
- 6.3 Calculating Likelihood: Single, Combined, Linked, Independent, and Complementary Outcomes
- 6.4 Significance & Expectation: Making Sense of Data Outcomes
- 6.5 Locating Data Points: Percentiles Explained with Examples
Chapter 7
Asset Depreciation & Financial Reporting
- 7.1 Depreciation Demystified: Methods & Mid-Year Adjustments
- 7.2 Showing the Numbers: Depreciation on the Balance Sheet
- 7.3 Fast-Tracking Depreciation: Accelerated Methods Explained
Chapter 8
Credit, Interest & Purchase Decisions
- 8.1 Tracking Change: Index Numbers & Percentage Shifts
- 8.2 Decoding Credit Terms: Due Dates, Invoices & EOM
- 8.3 Buying on Time: Installments, Deferral & Cash Comparisons
- 8.4 Pricing Strategies: Markup, Markdown & Effective Rates
- 8.5 Promissory Notes: Key Terms, Structure & Calculations
Chapter 9
Financial Mathematics & Investment Analysis
- 9.1 Money Across Time: Present & Future Value Explained
- 9.2 Annuity Basics: Finding the Value Over Time
- 9.3 Discounting the Future: Present Value of an Annuity
- 9.4 Setting the Price: Markup Logic & Break-Even Analysis
- 9.5 Diagnosing Business Health: Financial Ratio Analysis
- 9.6 Investing in Stocks: Measuring What You Earn
- 9.7 Preferred Stock: A Closer Look at Returns
- 9.8 Bond Investments: Evaluating Fixed-Income Performance
Chapter 10
Applied Business Math: Taxes, Rates & Market Tools
- 10.1 Property Tax Calculations: Rates, Assessments & Applications
- 10.2 Going Global: Exchange Rates & Currency Conversion
- 10.3 Stocks & Bonds as Business Tools: Real-World Contexts
Chapter 11
Consumer Math: Money, Transactions & Commissions
- 11.1 Coin Basics: Identifying Value & Letter Names
- 11.2 The Missing Coin Challenge: Logic & Problem Solving
- 11.3 Adding & Subtracting Money in Everyday Situations
- 11.4 Scaling Up: Multiplying Money by Whole Numbers & Decimals
- 11.5 Splitting the Bill: Dividing Money Amounts
- 11.6 Counting Back Change: A Practical Cash Skill
- 11.7 Earning on Sales: How to Calculate Commissions
Chapter 12
Pricing, Interest & Smart Financial Choices
- 12.1 Pricing for Profit: The Art of Marking Up
- 12.2 Taxes & Discounts: What You Pay vs. What You Save
- 12.3 Interest Simplified: Step-by-Step Problem Solving
- 12.4 Growing Money: Compounding Interest Formulas in Action
- 12.5 Shipping & Handling: Calculating the Full Cost
- 12.6 Tipping Right: How to Calculate a Fair Gratuity
- 12.7 Unit Pricing & Total Cost: Getting the Best Value
These chapters come straight from the official course syllabus, which also sets out the graded assignment and the proctored final exam.
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